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*The Saucy Affair Raw Sauces were supplied by Tried and Tested for review* I love cooking, and own a few hundred cookbooks. Often, I follow recipes down to the letter, usually when I’m not in a “thinking mood”, so I can operate on auto-pilot and just crack on with the cooking. Sometimes I read cookery books to get inspiration for recipes that…

I love quirky names. I have always been fascinated by Heathcliff, Bathsheba, Joe Gargery and more recently, Pokémon. I just had to find out the reason behind the name of The Flying Childers Restaurant in Chatsworth, the latest eatery to be reviewed on my birthday. Now, this is a story for equine enthusiasts – not quite as dramatic as Morpugo’s…

Hi all, I hope Hump Day isn’t leaving you too much under the weather. The weather’s been erratic these past few weeks, and when it gets like that, all I want to do is just hibernate indoors. You, know that zen state where you don’t want to move from the couch, let alone venture outdoors? As you eye your oven…